Media Player Classic Home Cinema is based on the original "Media Player Classic" and was created after Gabest, the original author, stopped working on it. Several new features have been integrated in this player, such as:

Since 1.6.2 allows for automatic updating, and the EVR Custom presenter works for DVXA to allow better performance for HD videos. I prefer this over VLC Media Player for a few reasons, but mainly the controls are better, and I remember theres an Android app that allows you to control the player from your phone.

Much better then VLC and with all the greatness of the original MPC and the ability to render in a 3d environment so cell shaders can be applied. I like a combo of "Complex Sharpen" and "16-235->0-255".